Illinois 42, UAB 23 Postgame

#27      
Dragons89
Bret said it best in a recent interview. I didn’t have the money for the defensive line. He said it loud and clear for all to hear on purpose. Josh and Bret are doing great with the resources they’ve worked hard for. They need more to get where we all want them to be. I like the comment about spending the money on players instead of the scoreboard so hopefully that’s next. Is there a Mark Cuban donor out there….we all know there is but is he willing? Maybe others? I would if I had it. LOL
 
#28      
Illinirog70
Not at ALL impressed with the defense. We couldn't get them off the field. The scheme looked weak against the run and the line backers couldn't seem to tackle anybody. This was an extremely weak opponent and we couldn't contain them.
Hopefully, this was a learning experience and next week will be better. At least we won, unlike Rutgers
 
#30      
pruman91
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Feels great to be dancing again..............it really really does...............

Houser looked great , passing AND running the ball...........Valentine with 88 yds rushing......I can't remember the offense getting any penalties so the cohesion was good......

the defense needs work.......the radio announcers just said 200 of the yds that UAB got were after missed tackles......might be an embellishment but there were many for sure............

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well pru , a win is a win but our D has to tighten up............call you later , babe............

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ok , I'm waiting my love................

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night all.................................
 
#34      
Timj83
Offensive skill position players were very encouraging. Offensive line seemed pretty solid. D was incredibly concerning in the first half but looked better in the 2nd. Hope some of that was staying in base stuff to keep things off tape but regardless tackling and 3rd down conversations were not enjoyable to watch. 7-5 maybe 8-4 seem like proper expectation. Man would be great to have Houser for a 2nd year really liked how he looked.
 
#36      
OB positive
Good to win first game but defense was very shaky. Hopefully we'll get things straightened out as the season goes along. If not Ohio State will hang 100 on us. I am stoked that Houser didn't get/take a single sack tonight. He has very good pocket awareness. As good as Luke was his pocket awareness lacked.
 
#42      
From the cheap seats
The 3-5-3 will be an interesting experiment. Seems like it lends itself to creating opportunity for big plays by the defense…and by the offense. Of course, if you don’t tackle any defense will look vulnerable. Would probably like it better if we had Aaron Donald at the NT spot (but he’d be at LSU if he came back).
 
#43      
PizzaHutParkingLot
Dragons89 said:
Bret said it best in a recent interview. I didn’t have the money for the defensive line. He said it loud and clear for all to hear on purpose. Josh and Bret are doing great with the resources they’ve worked hard for. They need more to get where we all want them to be. I like the comment about spending the money on players instead of the scoreboard so hopefully that’s next. Is there a Mark Cuban donor out there….we all know there is but is he willing? Maybe others? I would if I had it. LOL
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Pair this offense with a defense that has two more difference makers in the front seven, and we’d be real contenders for a playoff spot. Shame…
 
#45      
Fuze
Agree with the other comment. The defense constantly put our guys in the right spot to make a play. They just couldn't make the tackle if their lives depended on it. In the 1st half, it felt like for every tackle we made, we missed 3. 2nd half was slightly better, but still not great. Otherwise, I think the defense was solid. 1st half pass coverage was pretty good, and outside of when we only rushed 3, the pass rush was good too. I worry how we'll fare against a mobile QB, but I have to imagine we scheme differently in that scenario.

That tackling tho. OMG it was bad, and I can't express that enough. I think even a minor improvement to below-average tackling is the difference between what we saw and a real blowout. With how well the scheme seemed to have our guys positioned, I feel like good tackling would make this team a legit contender. Probably an exaggeration, but that's just how bad the tackling felt in spite of how well we were positioned.

I've got nothing on the offense. Didn't even have the issues I've had the last 2 years (last year especially tho) where Lunney would call something stupid and Luke's heroics made a play out of it. Maybe that has to do with how short our drives were, but it still gave me hope he's grown past it. I don't think we saw Feagan at all tho. Not sure if he's hurt and I missed it, if I missed his snaps, or if he just didn't get any snaps. I was interested in seeing him at TE.
 
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